Barrett 4050 HF SDR radio transceiver

The Barrett 4050 HF SDR transceiver provides secure voice, email and data transfer. Covering a transmit frequency range of 1.6 to 30 MHz and a receive range of 250 kHz to 30 MHz, the product is intended as a static base station or as a vehicle-borne radio. It is aimed at a broad cross-section of the market, including peacekeeping or humanitarian assistance tasks, non-government organisations (NGO), security organisations and civil security, and commercial businesses such as oil exploration.

The product has been designed to be used by those who are not trained radio operators but nonetheless need the long range and flexibility that HF radio provides. The detachable remote control head incorporates a 24-bit colour touch screen which closely resembles a modern smartphone in look and feel, utilising the same type of touch and swipe interface. The interface is multilanguage, which can be easily changed. Installed standard language libraries include English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese, but others can be added as required. Functionality is directly available through easily identifiable icons rather than step-through menus. As a result, the inexperienced user is operating within a familiar environment.